Grayson Blames Palin For Arizona Shooting

By Jessica Taylor

Running down threats to him, Grayson says one of his five-year old
twins "received a telephone death threat intended for me" the day before
last March's health care vote.

"A right-wing commentator offered anyone $100 to punch me in the
nose. We received so many threats of violence from tea baggers that we
started a file," Grayson writes. "And the day before Gabby was shot, I
received a postcard saying 'you better get some personal protection. You
could very well be getting your ass kicked soon.'"

In addition to Giffords, Grayson notes other Democrats who had threats made to them during the 2010 campaign, including Reps. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.), Emanuel Cleaver (D-Mo.), Russ Carnahan (D-Mo.), and losing Reps. Frank Kratovil (D-Md.), Ron Klein (D-Fla.), and Tom Perriello (D-Va.).

"As I observed on MSNBC last week, there has been a stream of
violence and threats of violence by the right wing against Democrats.
Gabby warned against it, and then became a terrible victim of it," says
Grayson. "Palin has instigated it, and then tried to pretend that it
doesn't exist. What do I think? I think that Gabby said it best: 'We
can't stand for this.' We have to stand against it."

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